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[WpProQuiz 6875]1) World Mosquito Day is observed on ______ every year.
a) 20 August
b) 19 August
c) 18 August
d) Third Monday of August
e) Third Tuesday of August
2) Which among the following days is observed on 20 August every year to commemorate the memory of our late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi?
a) Swabhiman Divas
b) Sadbhavna Divas
c) Pragathi Divas
d) Bharosa Divas
e) None of these
3) Government has recently amended the Companies (Share Capital & Debentures) Rules to reduce the Debenture Redemption Reserve for unlisted companies. What is the new limit?
a) 20%
b) 25%
c) 10%
d) 15%
e) 22%
4) The country’s first Central Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology (CICET) will be set up in which state to give boost to the chemical industry?
a) Maharashtra
b) Meghalaya
c) Gujarat
d) Delhi
e) Punjab
5) Which country has partnered with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a new credit card under the name RuPay JCB Global Cards?
a) Russia
b) Japan
c) Bhutan
d) Sri Lanka
e) Vietnam
6) Former PM and leader of Congress party, Manmohan Singh has been elected as the member of Rajya Sabha from which state?
a) Maharashtra
b) Gujarat
c) Rajasthan
d) Punjab
e) Jharkhand
7) The Chief Financial Officer of _______________, Madhur Deora has been promoted as its president recently.
a) PhonePe
b) Paytm
c) Google Pay
d) Paypal
e) None of the above
8) Who has created a world record for the 2nd time under his name of solving 176 pyraminx?
a) Tanmay Prabhu
b) Chinmay Prabhu
c) Chaitanya Prabhu
d) Chittaranjan Prabhu
e) None of these
9) Name the winner of men’s single title at the Cincinnati Masters Tennis Tournament 2019?
a) Dominic Thiem
b) Stefanos Tsitsipas
c) NovakDjokovic
d) Daniil Medvedev
e) None of these
10) Marnus Labuschagne has become the first cricketer in the world to be a ‘concussion substitute’ in test cricket. He represents which country?
a) England
b) South Africa
c) New Zealand
d) West Indies
e) Australia
11) Ashley Cole, announced his retirement from which sport, ending his 20year playing career?
a) Basket Ball
b) Foot Ball
c) Tennis
d) Golf
e) Shooting
12) Name the city which is going to host the World Youth Chess Championship in October?
a) Mumbai
b) Greater Noida
c) Cuttack
d) Bengaluru
e) Chennai
13) Jagannath Mishra who died recently was the former Chief Minister of which state?
a) Bihar
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Assam
d) Rajasthan
e) Uttar Pradesh
14) Famous personality Sahura Mallick passed away. He is associated with which field?
a) Music
b) Literature
c) Sports
d) Politics
e) Journalism
15) Name the Chief Scientist at CSIR- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) who was awarded JC Bose Fellowship?
a) Dr B Vitalachari
b) Dr K Thangaraj
c) Dr S Maniratnam
d) Dr R Selvarajan
e) None of these
Answers :
1) Answer: A)
World Mosquito Day is observed on 20 August every year to commemorate the British doctor, Sir Ronald Ross’s discovery in 1897 that ‘female mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans’.
The event raises awareness about the threat of malaria and other diseases transmitted by the world’s deadliest animal.
2) Answer: B)
Sadbhavna Divas is observed on 20 August every year to commemorate the memory of our late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
In English, Sadbhavna means goodwill and bonafide.
3) Answer: C)
The government has removed the redemption reserve requirement for issuance of debentures by non-banking financial companies, housing finance companies and listed firms, a move aimed at reducing cost for raising capital.
For listed companies- the requirement for the creation of a Debenture Redemption Reserve (DRR) of 25% of the value of outstanding debentures has been removed. This includes NBFCs registered with RBI and for Housing Finance Companies registered with National Housing Bank (NHB) both for public issue as well as private placements.
For unlisted companies- Debenture Redemption Reserve (DRR) has been reduced for unlisted companies from 25% to 10%, so as to safeguard interests of investors.
4) Answer: C)
The country’s first Central Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology (CICET) will be set up in Gujarat to give boost to the chemical industry.
The CICET will come up either at Ahmedabad or Surat.
The state has a significant presence of chemical industry, especially in Vapi, Ankleshwar and Vatva in Valsad, Bharuch, and Ahmedabad districts, and the first-of-its-kind institute will facilitate the chemical industry with research and innovations.
The Minister of State for Chemical and Fertilisers also announced setting up of another campus of the Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology (CIPET) in Valsad at the cost of Rs 54 crore for the benefit of tribal students and the plastic industry.
The Central government is also planning to set up a Plastic Waste Management Centre in Ahmedabad to find out solutions to systematic segregation and recycling of plastic waste.
5) Answer: B)
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) International have announced the launch of a new credit card — RuPay JCB Global Cards — in Mumbai. The partnership was established in 2015 to connect to a global network of merchants and ATMs.
Where the first phase of the partnership between NPCI and JCB enabled merchants and ATMs in India to accept foreign JCB credit cards, the second phase would enable Indian travellers to use their JCB credit card in foreign countries where the card is accepted.
Eight banks in India will issue RuPay JCB Global Cards- including State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Axis Bank, Union Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Andhra Bank, City Union Bank, and TJSB Bank.
6) Answer: C)
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan.
The former PM was nominated by the Congress while the BJP did not field any candidate for the bypoll, necessitated due to the death of Rajya Sabha MP Madan Lal Saini.
Singh was a member of the Upper House of Parliament from Assam for almost three decades. He was a Rajya Sabha member for five consecutive terms from 1991 to 2019 and the country’s Prime Minister for two consecutive terms between 2004 and 2014.
7) Answer: B)
Paytm has elevated its CFO Madhu Deora as President of the company. Madhur joined the digital payment firm in October 2016. Earlier, Deora has served as Managing Director in Citigroup’s investment banking business in New York, London and Mumbai.
8) Answer: B)
A 20-year-old Chinmay Prabhu from Mumbai has created a world record for the 2nd time under his name of solving 176 pyraminx (pyramid-shaped rubik’s cube) puzzles while riding a bicycle in 1 hour and 7 minutes. He broke the record of solving 111 pyraminx puzzles.
On December 2018, He had set the Guinness Book of World Records of solving 9 rubik’s cubes underwater in 1 minute and 48 seconds. The record set Prabhu a target of 4 Pyraminxes, but he went on to solve nine.
Prabhu also made an entry into the Limca Book of Records for solving mirror cube blindfolded.
9) Answer: D)
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev of Russia and Madison Keys of the US won the men’s and women’s singles titles of the Cincinnati Masters after winning their respective summit clashes.
Russia’s tennis sensation Daniil Medvedev continued his splendid run in the season to lift his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati.
America Madison Keys to clinch the women’s singles title by beating veteran Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia.
Men’s doubles: Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Filip Polášek (Slovakia)
Women’s doubles: Lucie Hradecká (Czech Republic) and Andreja Klepač (Slovenia)
10) Answer: E)
Australia’s batsman Marnus Labuschagne has become the first cricketer in the world to be a ‘concussion substitute’ in test cricket. He replaced Steve Smith as he got hit on his neck from England seamer Jofra Archer.
ICC introduced the rule of replacement of a concussed player from August 01, 2019. Concussed means when a person is hit on the head. The rule says for like-for like replacement.
This happened during the Ashes test series that is played between Australia and England.
11) Answer: B)
Former Chelsea, Arsenal and England football player Ashley Cole, announced his retirement from football, ending his 20year playing career. It is expected that he would be pursuing a career in coaching.
He had won 107 caps making him England’s most capped player by England.
In 687 games throughout his career, he scored 20goals and made 69 assists and won UEFA team of the year twice for Arsenal and Chelsea.
12) Answer: A)
The 2019 World Youth chess championship is to be held in Mumbai from October 1-13, at the Renaissance Hotel in Powai, Mumbai under the aegis of All-India Chess Federation and organised by the All-Marathi chess Association.
India’s latest chess sensation and the world’s second youngest Grand Master Praggnanandhaa R will be the star attraction at the prestigious World Youth Chess Championship to be held in Mumbai in October.
On the girls’ side, Nagpur’s Divya Deshmukh will spearhead India’s challenge. The world’s best talent will be seen in three age-groups for boys and girls: U-14, U-16 and U-18.
13) Answer: A)
Former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra died following a prolonged illness.
The 82-year-old leader had been suffering from cancer.
He was an acclaimed political leader and educationist.
14) Answer: D)
Senior Congress leader and former Baliguda MLA Sahura Mallick passed away.He was 85. Mallick, who served as a teacher before joining politics, was very popular in the area and was elected from Baliguda, a reserved assembly segment for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates on Congress ticket in 1974, 1980 and 1985.
15) Answer: B)
Dr K Thangaraj, Chief Scientist at CSIR- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) was awarded JC Bose Fellowship.
He was given the fellowship for his outstanding contributions in the field of population and medical genomics.
The JC Bose Fellowship is awarded to scientists in recognition for their outstanding performance by the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology.
